Donor drops a bomb on the museum!

On June 25, Tom Pacyga stopped by the Italian American Veterans Museum to donate a practice bomb that had been used in the training of Navy air crews on Lake Michigan during World War II. Hollow and deceptively light, the bomb had been gathering dust in Pacyga’s garage for decades. He was inspired to make the donation after seeing publicity for a 2019 screening at the museum of a documentary about the Navy’s training program. Pacyga is shown here presenting the bomb to IAVM President Renato Bacci.